Sparring Partners "Foster Position"

[KOComplaints]

When your sparring partners cover their face in a peakaboo and squat down not throwing punches back,what does that mean?

I usually just back off when they do and I do not know what it does,but why do they do it?

Is it some defensive strategy I don't know?

[CommunistWaffle]

I do it sometimes to counterpunch

[OctoberRed]

When your sparring partners cover their face in a peakaboo and squat down not throwing punches back,what does that mean?

I usually just back off when they do and I do not know what it does,but why do they do it?

Is it some defensive strategy I don't know?

Some people do it to get a better look before they throw and getting ready for a counter, while some will do that and come forward to get inside.

[Mr.MojoRisin']

99% sure that op is trolling

[KOComplaints]

Some people do it to get a better look before they throw and getting ready for a counter, while some will do that and come forward to get inside.

So I am using the right strategy in backing off so I don't get countered?

[sebCS]

First time I saw that I thought he wanted out so I dropped my hands and backed off then I got hit with a 1-2 which I thought was dirty. Now whether deliberate or not, I see it as a desperate and primal move. So I expect them to take a few shots on the guard and then start swinging violently. You have to be aware and bait those violent punches and counter them.

[OctoberRed]

So I am using the right strategy in backing off so I don't get countered?

If you see an opening to the body, take it, but also keep your guard way up.

[KOComplaints]

If you see an opening to the body, take it, but also keep your guard way up.

I do punch the body,but they usually just make grunting sounds and don't hit back. My favourite combination is a right hook to the body,uppercut to the head. either that or I just hit the uppercuts (I feel like this is my favourite punch,not nescarrily my best)

[HedonisticFrog]

High guard can be used for many things, it just depends on what else theyre doing. I like to counter out of it personally.

You should get used to defending yourself at all times though. Thats a bad habit not to have.